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Greenland, Helicopter Ride to the Glaciers, 16 August 2012

Finally – it was the day for the much anticipated helicopter ride to a glacier! Some light cloud came in early in the morning which could have dampened the enjoyment somewhat, or even caused the cancellation of the flight. Thankfully the cloud lifted mid-morning leaving us with another crystal-clear Greenland day. The flight to the glacier was brilliant. Toby said that our group was his first for the season that had been able to do everything on their itinerary without substantial changes due to the weather closing in. Lucky us! I was rugged up and ready to fly!

Here I was, seemingly on top of the world, literally and figuratively. I was in ‘seventh heaven’! It was warm with not a skerrick of a breeze. Just another perfect day in the natural paradise of Greenland. We had 40 minutes to wander around and take in the breathtaking views before the return flight.

It was amazing to look down from on high onto the ice flows. I looked down from the helicopter at small chunks of ice which, I knew from experience, were really large icebergs (some six stories high) when seen up close in a small boat.

In fact this was our last Greenland experience. We had lunch at the hotel, picked up our gear and then had to wait for the helicopter to finish an emergency evacuation job. Then it was free to take us to the airport for a mid afternoon flight back to Reykjavik in Iceland. And from there, our next destination was to be The Faroes. More of that anon D